MOUNT_SMBFS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MOUNT_SMBFS(8)
NAMEmount_smbfs -- mount a shared resource from an SMB file server
SYNOPSISmount_smbfs [-N] [-ooptions] [-dmode] [-fmode] [-h] //[domain;][user[:password]@]server[/share] pathDESCRIPTION
The mount_smbfs command mounts a share from a remote server using SMB/CIFS protocol.
The options are as follows:
-N Do not ask for a password. At run time, mount_smbfs reads the ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf
file for additional configuration parameters and a password. If no password is found,
mount_smbfs prompts for it.
-o Options passed to mount(2) are specified with the -o option followed by a comma separated
string of options. See the mount(8) man page for possible options and their meanings. Addi-tional Additional
tional options supported by the mount_smbfs are as follows:
nobrowse
Indicate to the Carbon subsystem that this volume is not to be displayed to the user.
automounted
Set flags on the mountpoint to indicate that the volume has been mounted by the auto-mounter. automounter.
mounter.
nostreams
Don't use NTFS Streams even if they are supported by the server.
soft Make the mount soft. Fail file system calls after a number of seconds.
nonotification
Turn off using notifications for this volume.
-fmode, -dmode
Specify permissions that should be assigned to files and directories. The values must be spec-ified specified
ified as octal numbers. Default value for the file mode is taken from mount point, default
value for the directory mode adds execute permission where the file mode gives read permission.
Note that these permissions can differ from the rights granted by SMB server.
-h Prints a help message, much like the SYNOPSIS above.
//[domain;][user[password]@] server[/share]
The mount_smbfs command will use server as the NetBIOS name of remote computer, user as the
remote user name and share as the resource name on a remote server. Domain and/or password may
be specified here. If user is omitted the logged in user id will be used. Omitting share is
an error when mount_smbfs is run from the command line, otherwise a browsing dialogue is pre-sented. presented.
sented.
path Path to mount point.
FILES
nsmb.conf Keeps static parameters for connections and other information. See mannsmb.conf for
details.
EXAMPLES
This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver :
mkdir /smb/public
mount -t smbfs //username:userpass@myserver/PUBLIC /smb/public
This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver as
guest:
mkdir /smb/public
mount -t smbfs //guest:@myserver/PUBLIC /smb/public
Note: You should always use the system mount command and never call mount_smbfs directly.
SEEALSOmount(2), nsmb.conf(5), mount(8), umount(8)BUGS
Please report bugs to Apple.
AUTHORS
Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, <bp@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD March 10, 2000 FreeBSD

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